LIKE THE MUSIC?

Finally!

I added a free music Playlist to my blog here.

What do you think?

The first song up is one you may not be familiar with, but Misty Edwards is a phenomenal worshipper and psalmist. It takes a few seconds for the song to come up, but it is well worth it to listen.

Another artist I'm loving is Robin Thicke. He is R&B and soul/jazz. He isn't a Christian artist like Misty, but his song "Lost Without You" and his newest album and first song "Magic" are just so very smooth. They go down so nicely. : )

Feel free to link over and make a Playlist for yourself if you like. It's easy and free.

I also have posted a few new pictures of me and Riley on here. Kinda neat, I thought.

I think I've broken a record for number of posts in a short amount of time. That's not usually me. I usually don't post this often. I'll enjoy it while I can. : )

Hope all is well with everyone and that your summer is simply smashing (in a good way!)!

HAPPY FOURTH of JULY!

Happy Fourth of July, Everyone!

By the way, I just added three new posts, so feel free to go back a few posts. : )

YES, I DID!

I did something I haven't done in years.

Uh-huh.

I went to a live concert tonight. LOL!

Maybe that isn't a big deal to you guys, but I haven't been to a live concert since I saw Sade and Basia back in the 90s.

Oh, I have gone to a few mega Christian conferences/services and Contemporary Christian music venues since then, but I haven't been to a bonafide popular or "secular" (if you want to call it that for lack of a better word) music concert since, like, 1994.

Who did I see and where did I go, you ask?

First let me say that I got to go free. My neighbor surprised me with the gift and blessing of a free ticket. She and another friend were going, and she wanted me to come too! How nice!

We saw Edwin McCain at the House of Blues here in Myrtle Beach. . .and he was GREAT!

He is really good in concert. Very acoustic and soulful.

He is known for "Love Suicide" and "Could Not Ask for More." Those songs have really become classics.

Go see him if you get a chance. :)

I'm trying to post pictures from my cell phone, but my cell phone is blocking my attempts to e-mail the photos from the concert to my e-mail address. If I can get them to finally send, I will post my pictures of Edwin McCain and the concert on this blog. My friends and I were front and center. I literally could have reached out to touch him (not that I wanted to) we were that close.

If I can't get the pictures to post, I'll go to YouTube or MySpace and post a video or live concert footage from there.

The concert was great, and I loved going! Many thanks to M for the ticket!

"Love Suicide" is above at the beginning of this post. Below is "Could Not Ask for More" (Live footage from 2006 not last night - His hair is short now, and he is thinner.) followed by "Take Me" which is more live footage from Edwin McCain last year at The House of Blues here in MB:





[On a side note: I'm having issues all the way around with posting pictures here at Blogger. It is VERY, VERY frustrating. My own computer is blocking my attempts on Blogger to post. In order to get the previous pictures of my gorgeous friend to post, I had to write and post that blog from another computer. That's the pits. Anyone have an idea why I'm having trouble with posting pictures?]

MY LOVELY, LOVELY FRIEND

I just have to take a moment to gawk at how gorgeous my dear friend is. I just saw these new pictures of her, and once again, I am in awe of her beauty.

I'll even devote this post to just commenting on how simply beautiful, strong, compassionate, and deeply spiritual she is.

I know all this because we've been friends for many years now. I know the fruits of her character and work.

I've always known her to be beautiful.

Heck, there's not a time that we'd go out that some woman or man (mostly women, interestingly) would comment on how gorgeous she is. The men don't always speak up like the women, but they always turn their heads and stare. They gawk too.

She gets compared to Angelina Jolie frequently. I see some Julia Roberts there myself, but, really, she's my dearest friend, so they look like her to me. : )

The funniest part of the whole scenario has always been that she is a minister - and a passionate and fiery one at that! She is so down-to-earth and not about "all the looks" which makes her even more beautiful. She's not high maintenance either. She's also married, so, sorry, Guys.

We live in different states now since I moved to the beach three years ago, but we have made time to see one another each year (sometimes twice) and we talk and e-mail regularly. It is always wonderful when we're together. Always.

I really love her deeply. She is a true friend and a real gift from God. Truly.

She doesn't even know that I'm thinking about her right now and that I wrote this post admiring her physical, emotional, and spiritual beauty, but I know. . .

And now you do too. : )